Despite being told there was ‘no crossing to be paid’, a driver received 23 penalty notices In November I had to start using my boss’s car for work. After making my first journey across the Dartford crossing on the M25, I tried to pay the Dart charge. I typed in the car’s details but the …
Dartford Crossing charge firm told me not to pay, but still fined me £2,230 Read More »
CMA draft guidance says platforms must also tackle fake reviews and sanction rogue traders Popular trader recommendation websites must vet the firms they advertise and tackle fake reviews under new rules designed to protect households from cowboy builders and tradespeople. Nationally, unscrupulous traders cost homeowners about £1.4bn a year, according to trading standards authorities, a …
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Judge said court lacked jurisdiction for case, in which workers argued they didn’t receive proper compensation A US court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit claiming Elon Musk refused to pay at least $500m in severance to thousands of Twitter employees he fired in mass layoffs after buying the social media company now known as X. …
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You have a right to return the product if you think it’s faulty, says policy expert Kat George – but it will take some time and effort to claim your refund Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I bought an Apple HomePod mini speaker in February 2023. I want it to reliably play audio …
The Twitch streamer and comedian curated her list by scrolling back to 2020 in her TikTok likes. Some call it objective research, others call it retina damage Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I am a comedian, Twitch streaming buffoon and getter of a journalism degree. People usually end their bio with a funny …
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In this week’s newsletter: Fallout and Baldur’s Gate veteran Feargus Urquhart on the hard-to-define genre • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here I play a lot of RPGs (when I can make time for them), and have done since I was old enough to read. I was an obsessive reader …
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Switchee aims to protect health and cut bills by installing its technology in 1m homes A British startup which uses technology to prevent renters from living in cold, damp homes has raised fresh funds to expand as landlords belatedly try to tackle outbreaks of mould in crumbling social housing. Switchee has secured £5m, split equally …
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Startup’s new approach means Apple will no longer be able to appoint executive to similar role Microsoft has withdrawn its observer seat on the OpenAI board and Apple will no longer be able to appoint an executive to a similar role, amid regulatory scrutiny of big tech’s relationship with artificial intelligence startups. Microsoft, the largest …
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In this free-to-play gacha game, Earth’s survivors balance dystopian battles with cute moments helping locals miHoYo/HoYoverse; PC, PS5, smartphones One of the biggest revolutions in the modern video game industry has taken place almost out of sight of your average console gamer. The rise of the free-to-play gacha game, in which you pay either real …
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Campaign for better pay and benefits stepped up, says union representing about 30,000 staff in South Korea Thousands of workers in South Korea have pledged to extend indefinitely the first strike at Samsung Electronics, ramping up a campaign for better pay and benefits at one of the world’s largest smartphone and AI chip makers. A …
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